The 100.000 households in Denmark that use wood pellets for heating have started to look into alternatives. Wood pellets are hard to find and their price went from 1.600 DKK to 7.000 DKK. An alternative found is the much cheaper sunflower pellets which are made from compressed shells from sunflower seeds.
- Sunflower pellets need a higher burning temperature and leave more ash behind. It is recommended to mix them with wood pellets, 50/50. You should test them before buying tones with the wood pellets you have at home.
- Your fireplace might not be approved to use sunflower pellets. If a fireplace is installed after January 2015 then you can only use approved fuels that the manufacturer has tested. If the fireplace is from before 2015, then it is not illegal to burn sunflower pellets.
